The third largest manufacturer of other non-metallic mineral products, was up 0.9 percent to 116.7 points from a year earlier.

Printing and reproduction of recorded media had the highest gain of 18.6 percent to 123.2 points in January, while chemical products manufacturing had the biggest loss, falling 22.9 percent to 84.8 points. (Colombo/Mar14/2019-SB)